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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
3
Panhandle wheat remains in fair shape though moisture is needed. Abandonment up to 30 percent is projected in central and southern Nebraska, with 2,220,000 acres to be harvested. Reports discuss oats and barley, pasture conditions, hay stocks, and the role of government spreaders in weed and pest control, plus irrigation yields and regional rainfall history.
County Agricultural Agent Swinbankin urges farmers to construct mechanical bait spreaders for the spring grasshopper drive. Spreader plans, usable from parts of an old automobile differential, are available at the Farm Bureau Office. The devices promise rapid, even bait distribution, saving time and labor.
An irrigation expert from Nebraska Extension notes that completed prospective projects could place Nebraska among top states for irrigated land. In 1937 gravity and pump irrigation covered 474,631 acres, with irrigation offering income stability despite mixed project success and high costs.
Cheyenne county farmers and others are urged to attend an irrigation demonstration at Carl Johnson farm a half mile south of Sidney Airport this morning at 10 o clock Engineers from the Agricultural College at Tancoin will demonstrate ditch layouts canvas dam use outlet boxes lathe boxes and other extension program items The event aims to provide practical help for all including experienced and novice workers based on similar demonstrations statewide
Nebraska Certified Potato Growers association secretary William Morrow says Nebraska seed potatoes were best in southern markets after a six week southern tour. He reports favorable comparisons with competing regions and plans for potential future growth in the southern and eastern markets as washed Nebraska table stock sold at premium prices in major eastern cities last fall.
In discussing the southern situation Morrow stressed Nebraska growers must relentlessly improve potato quality. He noted keen seed market competition and wise growers who recognize that any seed quality lapse could cost Western Nebraska markets.
Peppergrass and Russian knapweed have been named noxious weeds by Director Buchholz on the recommendation of the state weed advisory committee. The designation places them with bindweed, puncture vine, leafy spurge and Canada thistle and authorizes control and eradication measures in regu lar weed districts. PMID: detailed content omitted for length but notes the widespread growth along highways, prolific seeding, and prohibition on selling seeds containing these weeds.
More than 1 000 Nebraska farmers officially enrolled as co operators in the 1940 pasture-forage-livestock program announced by the College of Agriculture. Enrollment is expected to hit a record, following last year’s 1 500. H Maunder, state P F L committee chair, said county agents will submit entries and preliminary enrollees show many co operators in Custer County. Open activities begin later this month with hog feeders days in three counties as records are kept through summer.
Western Nebraska farmers press ahead with corn and sorghum planting and pota to prep for irrigation. Lionel Harris at Scottsbluff Mitchell reports rising fieldwork at the station with corn planted on rotation plots and sorghum seeded for silage. Favorable rain in late April boosted sugar beets, small grains and alfalfa emergence.
Extremely dry conditions in early May formed heavy crusts over sugar beet and alfalfa fields in western Nebraska. Farmers had to break the crusts to allow seedlings to emerge, using rollers or light harrows. Small grains and alfalfa showed satisfactory growth, but old alfalfa needs more rain or irrigation.
Winter wheat abandonment reaches about 30 percent as of May 1 with estimates that not more than 2,222,000 acres will be harvested. Central and south central regions show heaviest abandonment between Jefferson and Saline counties west to Dundy and Lincoln. May 1 yield projected near ten bushels, total 1940 production about 22,220,000 bushels versus 1909 and 1929 38-42 million. Rye crop for 1940 at 2,445,000 bushels from 326,000 acres. rye yield about 7.5 bushels. Pasture condition 64 percent, tame hay 70 percent. Hay stocks 268,000 tons, far below last year and ten-year average. Late feeding season reduced shay stocks. hay fed later than usual due to slow pasture start.
A statehouse faction signals willingness to back Terry Carpenter for governor without strings. The group claims patronage backing of about five hundred officeholders and potential influence over up to ten thousand votes via social ties. They interpret Carpenter’s convention stance as not purging loyal Democrats.
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